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  History of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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• 1677 - Seigniory (St. Jean Port Joli) Granted, May 25, 1677, to Noel L'Anglois
  
  
  
• 1721 - Église de Saint-Jean-Port-Joli established at Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
  
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  Église de Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
  2, pl. de l’Église, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, QUÉBEC
  Established 1721
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  Saint-Jean-Port-Joli church, established in 1779
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• 1832 - ST. JEAN PORT JOLI,
  seigniory, in the co. of L'Islet is bounded N.E. by Reaume; S.W. by the S. of L'Islet; in the rear by the augmentation of the T. of Ashford; in front by the St. Lawrence. - 2 leagues in front and depth. Granted, May 25, 1677, to Noel L'Anglois, and now belongs to __ Gaspe, Esq. - The land in front...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1859
  JEAN-PORT-JOLI (Saint), a seignory of Lower Canada, in the co. of L'Islet, bounded, in front by the St. Lawrence. It rises into mountains toward the rear, and is watered by the Trois-Saumons, and Port-Joli rivers, the estuaries of both of which form good harbors. The soil consists of land, sandy...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1873
  ST. JEAN PORT JOLI, a post village of Quebec, capital of the co. of L'Islet, on the S shore of the St. Lawrence, and on the G. T. R, 71 miles N.E. of Quebec. It contains a telegraph office, a church, a tannery, and about 10 stores. Pop. 400; of parish 2,436.
  Lovell's gazetteer of British North America; J. Lovell; Montreal, 1873
  
  
• 1890 - St Jean Port Joli
  St Jean Port Joli, vil.. Quebec. chef-lieu of L'lslet co., on R. St Lawrence, 58 m. E. by N. of Quebec. P. of sub-dist. 2,622.
  The Pocket Atlas and Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada John George Bartholomew John Murdoch Harper January 1, 1890 London : J. Walker
  
  
• 1895 - Saint Jean Port Joli
  Saint Jean Port Joli, a post-village of Quebec: capital of the co. of L'Islet, on the S. shore of the St. Lawrence, and on the Grand Trunk Railway, 71 miles N.E. of Quebec. It contains a church, a tannery, and about 10 stores. Pop. 400.
  Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
  
  
• 1906
  Saint Jean Port Joli, a post-village of L'Islet co., Quebec, on the S. shore of the St. Lawrence River and on the Intercolonial R., 71 miles NE. of Quebec.
  Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
  
  
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  L'Anse aux Sauvages, St-Jean-Port-Joli
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  Trois Saumons Mill
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  Auberge du Faubourg, St. Jean Port Joli, Quebec, Route 2.